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Replacing the Modeling Lamps

Each ABR800 unit arrives with a set of eight 10-Watt, 24-Volt modeling lamps. The lamps have a 500 to 3,000 hour

lifespanand may be replaced by the user upon exhaustion. To purchase replacement modeling lamps, please see item 10W,

a set of eight replacement bulbs available on our website. Should any of your modeling lamps break or exhaust prematurely, you

may use the three spare modeling lamps that we include with each unit for replacement.

Always turn your ringflash unit OFF and UNPLUG IT before replacing your modeling lamps.

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Step One: Remove the Exhausted Modeling Lamps

Wearing gloves or using a piece of cloth or tissue, grip the modeling lamp and gently

pull it up and straight out of the unit. Working with one bulb at a time, repeat this

process to remove the remaining seven lamps.

Step Two: Installing Your New Modeling Lamps

Each modeling lamp has a two-pin base, fitting into the lamp socket in the corresponding

two holes. Begin with one bulb, and line up the two pins on the base of the bulb with

the two holes in the lamp socket. With the bulb in position, gently push down. The

modeling lamp is properly inser ted when it is seated all the way down in the unit.

Repeat this process to install the remaining seven lamps.

With the lamps installed, you can plug the unit back into the power source and turn

it on. If the lamps have been properly replaced, pressing the white "Model ON"

button will turn the lamps on. You may then set the lamps to on, off, or tracking

and resume shooting.

Our long-life, high-efficiency bulbs have a 500 to 3,000 hour lifespan. The lamps

are positioned around the faceplate in two strings of four lamps. When one lamp

fails, the other three in its string will also go dark. This does not mean that the

other three have failed as well – if you can locate and replace the one failed bulb,

the other three will function properly again. We've included three extra modeling

lamps with each ABR800 for your convenience. Should any of the lamps in your

unit prematurely fail, you can locate the failed bulb and replace it with one of the

provided spare bulbs.

First, turn your unit OFF and unplug it. Begin with one bulb in the string and replace it

with one of the provided spare bulbs. With the first bulb replaced, plug the unit back

in and turn it on. If the failed lamp has been located and properly replaced, all of the

lamps in the string should now be on. If the lamps in the string are still dark, turn the

ringflash unit OFF, unplug it and move on to test the next lamp in the string. Remove

the replacement bulb that you just installed and re-install the original bulb that you first

removed. Move to the next modeling lamp in the string and repeat the same steps

outlined above. Repeat this process until you have located and replaced the failed

lamp, allowing all of the lamps to turn on when the "Model ON" button is pressed. As

you replace a bulb and turn the unit back on for testing, be sure that the unit is OFF

and unplugged before moving on to replace and test another bulb. Wait at least five

minutes before removing and replacing the next bulb.

STRING ONE - four bulbs in string

STRING TWO - four bulbs in string